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Wednesday, July 06, 2016

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  • Registration open to preview LifeWay's 2017 VBS
    by Lisa Cannon Green, posted Wednesday, July 06, 2016 (8 years ago)

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    NASHVILLE (BP) -- Registration is open for Vacation Bible School leaders to preview "Galactic Starveyors," the 2017 VBS theme from LifeWay Christian Resources.

    LifeWay will host preview events in three locations in January to provide leaders hands-on experience with the backyard astronomy theme.

    "Galactic Starveyors" will prompt kids to look skyward and discover the Creator of the universe, said Rhonda VanCleave, LifeWay's VBS publishing team leader. Read More

  • Iowa churches counter gender identity law
    by David Roach, posted Wednesday, July 06, 2016 (8 years ago)

    DES MOINES, Iowa (BP) -- Two Iowa churches say the Iowa Civil Rights Commission's interpretation of a state civil rights law could force them to open restrooms to members of the opposite sex and inhibit their ability to teach biblical truth about gender.

    One of the churches, Fort Des Moines Church of Christ in Des Moines, filed a lawsuit in federal court July 4. The other, Cornerstone World Outreach in Sioux City, sent a demand letter to the Iowa Civil Rights Commission July 5 asking the Commission to amend its policy regarding churches and gender identity discrimination. Read More

  • Leadership, family focus of black church conf.
    by Diana Chandler, posted Wednesday, July 06, 2016 (8 years ago)

    RIDGECREST, N.C. (BP) -- A concurrent spiritual retreat, leadership development week and a family vacation characterize the Southern Baptist 2016 Black Church Leadership and Family Conference July 11-15 at Ridgecrest, N.C.

    Southern Baptists from across the U.S. will be encouraged to Launch, Engage and Advance into their Destiny, as is the conference theme, drawn from Nehemiah 4:14, said Mark Croston, national director of Black Church Partnerships for LifeWay Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention. Read More

  • Video highlights Southern Baptists in St. Louis
    by David Roach, posted Wednesday, July 06, 2016 (8 years ago)

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    ST. LOUIS (BP) -- A video released July 6 by immediate past Southern Baptist Convention President Ronnie Floyd condenses 17 hours of proceedings from the June 14-15 SBC annual meeting in St. Louis into a 20-minute highlight reel.

    "This video may be just a personal blessing to you or something you may want to share with your church or through social networking," Floyd, pastor of Cross Church in northwest Arkansas, wrote in a blog post announcing the video. "To God's glory, we left St. Louis after back-to-back historic days. Let these highlights encourage you about our cooperative work to reach the world for Christ." Read More

  • Sports film seeks 1 Corinthians 10:31 movement
    by Diana Chandler, posted Wednesday, July 06, 2016 (8 years ago)

    NASHVILLE (BP) -- The struggles of a Christian high school girls' cross country team are used to discourage self-centeredness in "Remember the Goal," the latest release of brothers Dave and Rich Christiano and Five & Two Pictures.

    The limited release film highlights 1 Corinthians 10:31, exhorting "whatever you do, do all to the glory of God," and drawing from the personal cross country competition and coaching experiences of Dave Christiano, the movie's writer, director and producer. Read More

  • Judge blocks Indiana abortion law
    by Bob Brown/WORLD News Service, posted Wednesday, July 06, 2016 (8 years ago)

    INDIANA (BP) -- A federal judge on June 30 blocked an Indiana law banning abortions in cases when a baby is diagnosed before birth with a genetic abnormality such as Down syndrome. The Indiana law, one of only two of its kind in the United States, was set to go into effect July 1.

    In March, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence signed a statute also designed to outlaw sex-selection abortions and the buying and selling of fetal tissue. In addition, the law would require that the bodies of aborted or miscarried babies be treated in a dignified manner through cremation or burial rather than be disposed of in large ... Read More

  • FIRST-PERSON: A Father to the fatherless
    by Myriah Snyder, posted Wednesday, July 06, 2016 (8 years ago)

    Fatherless like the girl in Kelly Clarkson's "Piece by Piece," Myriah Snyder writes of "the one who filled the void. … [T]he love that saved my soul comes not from a mere man; it comes from the Heavenly Father." Read More